Earlier Admin Messages

No support for the 1966 mod (yet!)2007-12-26 17:17:39
Author: Ed Hut
I am sorry to announce that GPLRank doesn't support the 1966 mod yet. This is because the mod uses car identifiers that are longer than the 3 characters the original GPL uses. GPLRank needs to be enhanced to handle this. As soon as this is done, it will be announced here.
GPL69Rank gone live2007-05-12 17:51:45
Author: Ed Hut
The GPL69Rank has just gone live, using the pole times of the real 1969 season as benchmark times. Initially there are only 20 people with a handicap, 8 of which are negative. Now let's see how many people will start achieving a handicap as well. Good luck all!
Still going strong2007-04-04 09:43:44
Author: Ed Hut
Although this message area is not being updated that often, it doesn't mean that the GPLRank admins are retired. We still maintain the site and take actions when necessary. For questions about GPLRank, don't hesitate to contact us.
Track data from Alternative GPL Tracks Database2006-06-15 17:20:31
Author: Ed Hut
Since earlier this week GPLRank receives its track data from the alternative GPL Tracks Database. This will mean quite a lot of work for those that try to maintain their TotalRank :-)
Issues caused by 1969 mod2006-02-23 16:11:30
Author: Ed Hut
As you know GPLRank accepts laptimes for the 1969 mod that was released at the end of 2005. Unfortunately we notice that there are laptimes that were driven with the 1969 mod as being laps of the original 1967 GPL version. We are aware that due to a bug in GEM2+, not all 1969 mods are properly patched, which causes the ini-files to be generated to be incorrect.

Therefore, please check if you 1969 version writes the laptimes to the file pla69w.ini file. This file is the equivalent of the player.ini of the original GPL version. Also, please check that in the pla69w.ini file, the line that starts with "CarNumber = " has a comment that reads "Carset (gpl69f1)". If it reads "Preferred car number" then your 1969 version of GPL is incorrect and your laptimes will be recorded by GPLRank as being 1967 ones.

Replays for World Record verification
Related to the issue with the 1969 mod, more people than you would believe are uploading replays for laptimes that were set with the 1969 mod. Please note that we do not yet verify laptimes of the 1969 mod. So please do not upload replays of 1969 laps.

Laptimes for GPL 1969 now supported2005-12-31 11:07:55
Author: Ed Hut
After the essential patch for the 69-mod was released GPLRank could be configured to accept laptimes for the 1969 patch.

If you don't have the patch yet, have a look at this RSC article.
69 Mod (update)2005-12-20 00:33:32
Author: Ed Hut
Before we get flooded with the "Will GPLRank support the 69-Mod?" question, the answer to that is "YES WE WILL".

UPDATE: for correct processing of laptimes of the 69-mod, Gem+ needs to make an update so that the ini-file contains an identification of the 69-mod (if you look in the plac65.ini that the 65-mod creates, look for the comment after the 'carnumber' value. This reads "Carset (gpl65f1)"). Unfortunately this has been forgotten in the initial release for the 69-mod, so an update is necessary. We are waiting for that update.
Login problem fixed2005-11-30 14:17:48
Author: Ed Hut
The login difficulties that GPLRank has experienced the past days have been resolved. You can now login properly again without having to tick the "Remember name & password" checkbox.
Login problem2005-11-30 08:29:34
Author: Ed Hut
We are currently experiencing a problem with the login to GPLRank when the user does not tick the "Remember name & password". This is probably due to some software upgrades that we have done recently, but till today we have not yet been able to find the cause and resolve the issue.

A work around is to tick the "Remember name & password" checkbox when logging in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.
Recruitment of replay reviewers2005-09-01 06:46:04
Author: Ed Hut
There's no need to respond to the recruitment message anymore. We have received quite a few responses and are now busy processing them. If you have responded you can expect to be contacted shortly.

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